Unlike many bone tumours, soft tissue masses are often less straight forward in the diagnostic process. There are a few signs that are pathognomonic, some that narrow down to either/or, and that fall into the “could be”/differential of likelihood range. The risk of “pitfalls and Oops lesions” in this group goes up considerably, especially if there aren’t a lot of distinguishing symptoms or clear indications. The module attempts to help shed some light on this large group of heterogeneous tumours found in the soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system.
The training is targeted at radiologists who occasionally encounter soft tissue tumours outside of tumour centres, applying basic rules for distinguishing ‘potentially malignant’ from ‘probably benign’ masses, using primary exclusion trees and hints to help point you in the right direction.
Unilabs Academy e-learning
The course is delivered using a Reporting Simulator — a unique, interactive tool integrated in our e-learning platform designed for radiologists to mirror real-life clinical practice.
The Simulator includes a DICOM image viewer and a dynamic, structured reporting form. Upon report submission, you receive immediate, case-specific feedback, allowing you to identify gaps and refine your reporting skills.
You can start for free and complete the first 5 cases at no cost. Full access to all cases and other on-demand courses and webinars is available with a Premium Membership.
Unilabs Academy short radiology fellowships
Continue your training with a live fellowship - Advanced Imaging and Grading Systems for Bone and Soft Tissue Tumours with Prof. Avneesh Chhabra. Live lectures, case reading, and plenty of Q&A in an interactive online format. Check the agenda and schedule here
- Recognise typical signs of soft tissue tumours that are indicative but mostly non-specific of a diagnosis.
- Increase confidence in assessing which tumour is probably benign and which potentially malignant and requiring referral to a tertiary centre and biopsy.
- Learn about basic recurrent criteria, including epidemiology, location, morphology and MR signal intensity of more common soft tissue masses.
- Learn to apply WHO tumour staging criteria (TNM).
Radiologists who report on MSK and have got some background on the topic
| Hardware | Tablets * | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory (RAM): | 2 Gigabyte | 8 Gigabyte | 16 Gigabyte |
| Processor (CPU): | Dual core 1.85 Ghz | Dual core 2 Ghz | Quad core 2.5 Ghz |
| Internet connection | Minimum | Recommended | |
| Speed: | 10 Mbps | 25 Mbps | |
| Software | Tablets | Desktop | |
| Browser: | Safari * | Chrome ** | |
- * Tested with Safari on iPad 9.7 (2017), should also work on Android with Chrome. User interface not optimized for smaller screens. Large cases (more than 600 images) are not able to be opened on tablet or mobile devices due to memory consTableRowaints.
- ** Firefox, Edge and Safari also work but might not provide an equally smooth experience. Internet Explorer is not supported.
